Do me a favour. Try a 5x5 barbell program with heavy emphasis on deadlifts, squats and bench presses, and tell me if it works your "deeper muscles" and "tone you from the inside out".

Seriously, that first quote is sig-worthy.

Ok. I'll do it if you lie on your stomach and try to bring your toes to the back of your head.

We'll see who gets there first

PS> I said 'generally'.

"I think the basic anti-aging diet is also the best diet for prevention and treatment of diabetes, scleroderma, and the various "connective tissue diseases." This would emphasize high protein, low unsaturated fats, low iron, and high antioxidant consumption, with a moderate or low starch consumption.

In practice, this means that a major part of the diet should be milk, cheese, eggs, shellfish, fruits and coconut oil, with vitamin E and salt as the safest supplements."

I did Ashtanga very seriously for about 3 years but it killed my adrenals. A body by science type of weight lifting protocol has definitely made me stronger than the yoga did. I have missed the flexibility of the yoga and the way it seems to work every single fragment of muscle in the entire body. What I don't miss is how it totally killed my adrenal glands and took up almost 2 hours of my day, everyday.

I have often wondered what would happen if the two were somewhat combined... like a full long session of Ashtanga, but only once a week to allow for recovery and muscle growth. Oh course eating paleo now vs. my then vegan nearly fat free diet has something to do with it too

Kids, kids, kids, settle down. You're comparing apples to oranges. Both resistance training with barbells and yoga have their place in the sun. You'd be wise to dabble in both.

He started it!

"I think the basic anti-aging diet is also the best diet for prevention and treatment of diabetes, scleroderma, and the various "connective tissue diseases." This would emphasize high protein, low unsaturated fats, low iron, and high antioxidant consumption, with a moderate or low starch consumption.

In practice, this means that a major part of the diet should be milk, cheese, eggs, shellfish, fruits and coconut oil, with vitamin E and salt as the safest supplements."

Well, technically you did by making claims about weight training while admitting you've never trained with weights.

I was kidding...!!!

And I should edit that comment... When I first started trying to get fit I used to go to the gym three times a week and lift weights. It was probably 5 years ago. It had really good, quick effects, but they didn't last. I never lift now.

But I'm not qualified beyond my own experience in weight lifting so I'm sure there are more effective ways to train. That are long lasting.

Men are so sensitive!

"I think the basic anti-aging diet is also the best diet for prevention and treatment of diabetes, scleroderma, and the various "connective tissue diseases." This would emphasize high protein, low unsaturated fats, low iron, and high antioxidant consumption, with a moderate or low starch consumption.

In practice, this means that a major part of the diet should be milk, cheese, eggs, shellfish, fruits and coconut oil, with vitamin E and salt as the safest supplements."